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On February 13, the House of Representatives passed a bill by a vote of 400 – 2, that would retroactively renew GSP, and extend it until the end of 2020. The Senate is expected to take action soon with a vote to come in the next few months.  American Shipper article:  https://www.americanshipper.com/main/news/house-passes-gsp-renewal-legislation–70590.aspx?source=Big4 This document is… Read more : General System of Preference (GSP) Update

Trucking capacity is tightening faster than anticipated in the electronic logging era, as a messy start to the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate is making a bad situation worse for shippers, forcing the latter to pay more, speed up loading and unloading, and dig deeper into routing guides to find capacity. As reported in the… Read more : ELD Forcing U.S. Truck Shippers to Recalibrate

On January 23, Canada and the 10 other remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, concluded discussions in Tokyo, Japan, on a new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). No date has been set for implementation of the CPPTPP. The Global Affairs Canada notice, with comments from the Canadian Minister of International Trade is… Read more : Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

C-TPAT, which was launched by U.S. Customs (CBP) in 2001, is a voluntary, incentive based security program. C-TPAT criteria for Importers is risk based, flexible and designed to help CBP achieve its twin goals of security and facilitation.  It is important the Importers who are not C-TPAT already, to at least once a year review… Read more : C-TPAT (Customs – Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) Notice